# Operation Torch

An operation across many shores · Morocco & Algeria.

Place · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `margin-aces-location-10` · Revision 2 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-location-10/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-location-10/record.json)

## At a glance

- Railway Run staggers its patrols and gives the Railway Ruler a sweeping route. The drawn railway is a fictional landmark. The paired Operation Torch note widens the view to several landing areas and the planning needed to bring forces ashore.

- Real campaign context · fictional sortie and illustrative map, not a geographic reconstruction.

## Appearances

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/) (context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/))

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Was Operation Torch a landing on a single beach? No. Its main objectives included Casablanca, Oran and Algiers. Shipping, landing plans and air support had to serve widely separated places.

## Sources

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/)

## Reference library

### Source reference

![Operation Torch: the shared regional illustration assigned to this entry in the Margin Aces encyclopedia.](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-location-10/01-notebook-landscape-v1-1200.webp)

Operation Torch: the shared regional illustration assigned to this entry in the Margin Aces encyclopedia.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-location-10/01-notebook-landscape-v1.webp) · [Original project image](/gamelab/marginaces.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `6e486c6471af3d33f6b4dbe6192a301292783a98f49024e3379a2d2c701cc6e3`

### Scene

![Operation Torch: the assigned Margin Aces campaign stage at 2 seconds.](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-location-10/02-stage-2-v1-1200.webp)

Operation Torch: the assigned Margin Aces campaign stage at 2 seconds.

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### Scene

![Operation Torch: the assigned Margin Aces campaign stage at 12 seconds.](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-location-10/03-stage-12-v1-1200.webp)

Operation Torch: the assigned Margin Aces campaign stage at 12 seconds.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-location-10/03-stage-12-v1.webp) · [Actual game scene](/gamelab/marginaces.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `ee718e8b1cdfb9da3cf798282c7da3c795bc875daf6dbd5ccbf05d085b768284`